Our local cache of character item data had reached 4GB which was causing painfully slow page loads. We have cleared this table which will cause some characters to show No Items. If this affects you, click the button to refresh that character. P.S. Check out the changes to the Item Examine windows. -Feldon

In November 2011, Dethdlr and Feldon were put in touch with SOE's Platform and Game teams (including Dan Kinney and Nandor "Zoltaroth" Szots) about a new Data Feeds API that would allow websites besides EQ2Players to access data about EQ2 characters, guilds, and items.

In the subsequent months, we tested and provided feedback which has led to numerous improvements and tweaks to the API data. The quality of the API has grown by leaps and bounds since we and other fansites like Roster Master and EQ2Mission have become involved. We have been very impressed by the level of care and consideration our feedback has received from SOE. The amount of information available is already staggering, and there are plans to add more as time goes on.

Originally intended as a companion to a revamped EQ2Players site, our new EQ2U site now provides what we feel is the most frequently-used functionality that players and guild leaders want, as well as a growing number of useful features to allow players to get the most out of their EQ2 playing experience.

If you have any questions, comments, bug reports, or feedback about EQ2U, please take a moment to shoot us a message using the EQ2U Contact Us form. If you had a problem on a specific page, PLEASE include the link to that page or the steps to reproduce the problem you had and we will take a look at it!

Frequently Asked Questions about EQ2U

Q: I don't want my Character(s) listed on EQ2U. How do I opt out?

A: Log into the EverQuest II game client with the character you wish to hide and press the C key (or P if you still have the original key binding) to access your Character/Persona screen. Click the "EQ2 Share" tab on the left side and uncheck "Enable EQ2Players Updates". This will opt your character out of all API-driven EQ2 websites.

YOU MUST ZONE or CAMP your character after making this change to remove it from the EQ2 Data Feeds API. It may take up to 5 minutes for this change to be reflected on EQ2U. If you have any privacy concerns, please Contact Us.

Q: My character is missing from EQ2U, or I can find it, but get an error trying to display the character. Help?

A: If you have followed the steps above and ticked the Enable EQ2Players Updates checkbox in-game and your character still won't load on EQ2U, then this is typically caused by a custom UI such as DarqUI, DrumsUI, Fetish, or ProfitUI. We love custom UIs, but for some reason, when they're enabled, the Enable EQ2Players Updates button doesn't always work right. I would suggest unticking and reticking the box and then /camp and see if your character pops on EQ2U. If that doesn't work, temporarily disable your custom UI, untick and retick the box, and then re-enable your custom UI and the change should stick!

If this does not work, try typing "/socialmedia census enable 1" in-game. This will not provide any text feedback in the console, but this is a manual override for enabling the checkbox. If that doesn't work, then your character record may be corrupted and you need to contact customer service.

Q: How do I show or hide my Alts from EQ2U and other API-driven websites?

A: The ability to Opt-in your Alts was added on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.

If you WANT other people to be able to find some or all of your Alts, then check the Link to Alt Characters checkbox in the EQII Share panel on EACH character that you want to be discoverable.

If you DO NOT WANT other people to be able to find your Alts, then relax and do nothing. By default, Link to Alt Characters is disabled for all characters.

If you would like a specific example of how these Privacy settings work, let's look at 3 different characters on the same account:

Feldon

Feldyren

Felodic

Let's say I enable Link to Alt Characters for Feldon but don't enable this for Feldyren. I will leave Felodic completely Opted-out. If I look up Feldon, I will see Feldyren listed as an alt. If I look up Feldyren, I will not see Feldon listed as an alt. And neither search will reveal that I also have Felodic on my account.

Q: How do I use a Forum Signature from EQ2U to show my character stats on another website/forum?

A: Lookup your character on EQ2U. On the Character Details page, scroll down and you'll see a Get Your EQ2U Signature button. Click that and a popup will open with detailed instructions on how to get your EQ2U signature in different styles and languages.

Q: Why does my Character show Status, AAs, or other information? I don't want this information available!

A: If you feel uncomfortable with any of the information on your character(s) being visible, your current option is to completely opt out that character by unchecking "Share EQ2Players Updates" under the "EQ2 Share" setting within EQ2.

Q: How often is my character information updated?

A: Your character information is updated in SOE's Data Feeds API each time you zone, log in, or log out your character. EQ2U's information is updated on your character each time you refresh the Character page, provided the last update was at least 5 minutes ago.

If you change out your equipment and want to refresh the display on EQ2U, you'll need to wait 5 minutes and then zone/camp to update the record. Then you can refresh the EQ2U page.

Q: Where does the 'paperdoll' image on the Biography tab come from? Can I replace it?

A: This image is automatically updated every time you log out. You can also force an update by typing Shift-PrintScreen.

Tip: It is possible to 'pose' your character while camping out by selecting an object to look at, and or pressing the tilde (~) key to enter combat and brandish your weapons.

Q: Where does the 'headshot' image at the bottom of the Stats column come from? Can I replace it?

A: This image is created on first login of any character that doesn't have one, and then is updated approximately once every hour. As far as I know, there's no way to trigger an update.

Q: Why can't I view a "retired" or old character?

A: The Data Feeds API only contains characters who have logged in since the current incarnation of the service launched, which was in early to mid-November, 2011. Characters who have not logged in since then cannot be found on EQ2U.

Q: My Guild lists members who quit the game years ago, or as a guild leader, I removed some characters, but they still show in my roster. Can I update this?

A: Unfortunately, guild membership is only updated the next time that character is updated (usually by logging in or out)..

Q: Some characters have more information (Status, Run Speed, and other stats) than others. Why?

A: The Data Feeds API has improved based on feedback from our site and other sites, and thus the amount of information returned from each character has grown over time. Characters which have not logged in recently may have an older character record that is missing some of this information. Once that character is updated (by camping or zoning), the full stats and information will become available here at EQ2U.

Q: What information is not available from the Data Feeds API (and thus not visible on EQ2U)?

A: The following information is not yet available to us:

Your character's progress on Collections

Official Loot Table data

A list of enemies which grant AA (starred NPCs) that your character has killed

Q: Why do the Faction bars on my character look different than they do in game? At -50,000 faction, I get a little sliver of red on the left, and the bar doesn't fill up every 10,000 points. Is this a bug?

A: Dethdlr and I have always felt the in-game display of Factions to be rather confusing. The color and size of each Faction bar is somewhat meaningless, since the bar goes from empty to full 10 times from -50,000 to +50,000. The in-game Faction display is particularly troublesome for those folks out there who may be colorblind.

We have made a design decision to instead display a single progress bar from 0% (-50,000) to 100% (+50,000) using the accurate colors from the game. To avoid an "empty" bar, we are using a small sliver of red at -50,000 and a full blue bar at +50,000. At one point, we considered a different display scheme which would show -50,000 to 0 as being on the left side of a dividing line, and 0 to +50,000 as being on the right side, but felt it would be visually unattractive.

Loaded all 3,203 Grandmaster spell recipes into a new Recipe category "Grandmaster Spells".

Searching for items between a certain level range now works. (SOE fix!)

Recipe component counts above 127 now load correctly.

Recipes which make a yet-to-be-discovered product no longer show a blank product name.

Recipe Details no longer show translation text on fuels, etc.

Recipe Searches no longer show "Lorem Ipsum" if the recipe book lacks a category.

October 2, 2014

Characters now show correct number of AA Points! No more fuzzy math. This change affects character groups on the Home page, plus Character Detail, Gear Report, and of course the AAs view.

Character spell lists now support Grandmaster quality for all spells. Once we get a list of non-upgradeable spells, we'll remove those.

October 1, 2014

Lore & Legend pages have had their column widths reined in, plus a legend/key has been added.

September 23, 2014

The "sort" order for Achievements has been restored. This is something we have to populate manually!

September 9, 2014

Quests now show Quest Giver information if that quest comes from a known NPC or Item.

Items which are part of a Set Bonus now correctly display effects and also list the items in the set.

Collectibles now show that they can be turned in for personal and guild status.

August 29, 2014

Character Achievements on UK, FR, DE, RU, and JP servers are now loading correctly again. Thank you for everyone's patience on this bug!

August 20, 2014

Quest Details now position themselves at the top of the window if the window has been scrolled down.

Character Spell list now has a choice of showing ALL spells even those which have been outleveled.

August 15, 2014

Leaderboards! -- We now have a series of Leaderboards including Kills, Deaths, KvD, Max Melee Hit, Max Magic Hit, Items Crafted, Rare Harvests, Quests, Collections, Achievements, and Achievement points. We will evaluate adding further leaderboards in the future. These are updated semi-hourly.

July 31, 2014

Quests! -- At long last, quests are now available on EQ2U. You can search for them, view your character's progress on a quest, and see how your characters stack up against the complete list of quests for all ~200 categories out there!

May 13, 2014

AA cap raised to 350. We still don't have an actual valid measurement of AAs for characters with more than one profile.

Added support for color Item Effects (new Artifacts have them).

January 9, 2014

Recipes! -- You can now Search and view Recipe details for over 23,000 recipes.

December 18, 2013

Recipes tab added to Characters!

December 1, 2013

AAs tab now only draws bubbles when at least one point has been spent. Updated the point restrictions on each page.

November 28, 2013

Added Lore & Legend and Flags pages. Flags is a preview of the Quest journal whenever we get said data.

November 25, 2013

Added support for BUILDING-BLOCK and HOUSE-LORE item flags.

November 21, 2013

Character Item Discoveries page now shows dates and a WW 1st Trophy as appropriate. Results are sorted in reverse chronological by WW Discovery date

November 18, 2013

Purple has been added as an option to the Adornments filters in Item Search.

Collections, Status Items, and Transmuting Items can now be found through an Item Search again.

November 15, 2013

Gear Report has been updated to support Purple adornments.

November 12, 2013

Item Searches can now be filtered by Discovery date.

Item Search can now find 'Clicky' items. Look under the 'Effects' field popup.

November 11, 2013

EQ2Wire now has a News Feed on EQ2U.

November 7, 2013

EQ2U Reborn!

We have made site-wide improvements in EQ2U's color scheme and style.

The kludgy Javascript menus have been replaced with CSS.

Guild Details, Item Details, Item Search Results, Dungeon Maker, and 'Form' type pages have undergone what could only be described as rocket surgery.

You can now customize the Colors and Stats shown on the Homepage in each of your Character Groups! These settings are under My Settings.

Character Biography text should display linebreaks and quotes correctly now.

Pre-Tears of Veeshan Equipment Backup — On November 5th, we backed up the equipped items, reforging, and adornments for every character ever looked up on EQ2U. This will allow players to more easily remember and compare their old items with the changes in Tears of Veeshan.